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Just recently, California recognised Bitcoin and other digital currencies as valid forms of payment, and Bitcoin prices surged on this news. But will digital monies make the breakthrough into the mainstream?
KEVIN DOWD is the author...

An interview with Professor John B Taylor, Mary and Robert Raymond Professor of Economics at Stanford University and the George P. Shultz Senior Fellow in Economics at Stanford University's Hoover Institution and presenter of this year'...

Professor John B. Taylor, Mary and Robert Raymond Professor of Economics at Stanford University and the George P. Shultz Senior Fellow in Economics at Stanford University's Hoover Institution, gives the 2014 IEA Hayek Memorial Lecture on...

In this interview, Professor Richard Epstein assesses the impact of Thomas Piketty’s recent bestseller, Capitalism in the Twenty-First Century, on the US debate on inequality. Epstein highlights how he thinks in the long-term it will not prove...

In this lecture, Professor Richard Epstein - Professor Emeritus of Law and Senior Lecturer at the University of Chicago Law School – critiques the thesis and policy recommendations of French economist Thomas Piketty. Piketty’s recent...

Since the recession officially ended in the UK in 2009, the cost of living has become a major political issue. Wage freezes and price inflation have resulted in living standards declining for millions of Britons. In real terms, salaries remain at...

On 5th March 2014, Professor Mark Pennington from King's College London gave a talk at the Oxford Hayek Society on 'Elinor Ostrom and the Libertarian Tradition'.
For more detailed account of the arguments, you can access the journal...

In this video the IEA’s Director of Lifestyle Economics Chris Snowdon examines the extent of the burden of indirect taxes and government sin taxes on the poorest groups in society and how these have changed over time. This film is an excerpt...

In this video the IEA’s Senior Research Fellow Kristian Niemietz outlines a free market approach to the cost of living squeeze. Building on his research in ‘Redefining the Poverty Debate’, he argues that the costs of many essential...

In 2012 Grover Norquist delivered the IEA’s annual Hayek lecture, entitled ‘U-Turn On The Road to Serfdom’. This was released in May 2014 as an IEA monograph. In the lecture, Norquist addressed how those in favour of limited...

Iain Mansfield was named as winner of the IEA Brexit Prize, taking home the €100,000 prize for his winning entry, which outlines a blueprint for Britain after the EU. Iain's submission was chosen from nearly 150 entries from...

Back in June 2013, the IEA launched the ‘Brexit Prize’ – a competition worth 100,000 euros to the individual or team who could develop the best blueprint for Britain’s future in the event of an EU referendum resulting in an...

ieaTV caught up with Margaret Thatcher’s authorised biographer Charles Moore to discuss the former Prime Minister’s relationship with US President Ronald Reagan. In this video, Moore describes when the pair first met, and how their...

ieaTV caught up with Margaret Thatcher’s authorised biographer Charles Moore to discuss the legacy of Thatcherism. In this video, Moore explains how her key legacy from a policy perspective was the export of privatisations around the world....

ieaTV caught up with Margaret Thatcher’s authorised biographer Charles Moore to discuss the former Prime Minister’s changing attitude towards the European Union. In this video, Moore describes how Margaret Thatcher was initially in...

ieaTV caught up with Margaret Thatcher’s authorised biographer Charles Moore to discuss the former Prime Minister’s approach to the Cold War. In this video, Moore describes how Margaret Thatcher provided a fresh approach to the conflict...

ieaTV recently interviewed Margaret Thatcher’s authorised biographer Charles Moore to discuss the former Prime Minister’s legacy. In the video above, Moore provides great insights as to how Margaret Thatcher’s stance on the market...

On the day after Budget 2014, the IEA and the Taxpayers’ Alliance co-hosted a post budget briefing with politicians and experts from across the political spectrum: Douglas Carswell MP (Conservative), Jeremy Browne MP (Lib Dem), Lord McFall (...

On the day after Budget 2014, the IEA and the Taxpayers’ Alliance co-hosted a post budget briefing with politicians and experts from across the political spectrum: Douglas Carswell MP (Conservative), Jeremy Browne MP (Lib Dem), Lord McFall (...